KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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MJRES EST ALTER IPSE

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heresy, and imposed the penalty of death by burning against all heretics who relapsed or who refused to abjure their opinions. It •was repealed by the statute 29 Car. II. c. 9. Brown. This was also the name of a writ for the purpose indicated. Haven courts; courts an ciently held in certain ports in England. Spel man. HAGA. A house in a city or borough. Scott. HAGIA. A hedge. Mon. Angl. torn. 2, p. 273. HAFNE. A haven or port Cowell. — Hafne courts.

scendants of the estate-leaver. They were call ed "necessary" heirs, because it was the law that made them heirs, and not the choice of ei ther the decedent or themselves. But since this was also true of slaves (when named "heirs" in the will) the former class were des ignated "stw et necesswrii" by way of distinc tion, the word "««•" denoting that the necessity arose from their relationship to the decedent. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 733. Hseres est alter ipse, et filius est pars patris. An heir is another self, and a son is part of the father. 3 Coke, 126. Hseres est 'ant jure proprietatis ant jure representations. An heir is either by right of property, or right of representa tion. 3 Coke, 40&. Hseres est eadem persona cum ante cessore. An heir is the same person with his ancestor. Co. Litt. 22; Branch, Princ. See Nov. 48, c. 1, § 1. "Heir" is a collective name or noun. 1 Vent. 215. Hseres est nomen juris; filius est no men naturae. "Heir" is a name or term of law; "son" is a name of nature. Bac. Max. 52, in reg. 11. An heir is a part of the ancestor. So said because the ancestor, during his life, bears in his body (in judgment of law) all his heirs. Hseres hseredis mei est mens hseres. The heir of my heir is my heir. Hseres legitimus est quern nnptise de monstrant. He is a lawful heir whom mar riage points out as such ; who is born in wed lock. Co. Litt. 76; Bract, fol. 88; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 1; Broom, Max. 515. Hseres minor nno et viginti annis non respondebit, nisi in casu dotis. Moore, 348. An heir under twenty-one years of age is not answerable, except in the matter of dower. Hseres non tenetnr in Anglia ad debita antecessoris reddenda, nisi per anteces sorem ad hoc fnerit obligatns, prseter quam debita regis tanturn. Co. Litt. 386. In England, the heir is not bound to pay his ancestor's debts, unless he be bound to it by the ancestor, except debts due to the king. But now, by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c 104, he is lia ble. To give a right of inheritance, or make the do nation hereditary to the grantee and his heirs. Cowell. HiERETICO COMBURENDO. The stat ute 2 Hen. IV. c. 15, de hwretico comburendo, was the first penal law enacted against Hseres est nomen collectivum. Hseres est pars antecessoris. HSiBETABE. In old English law.

HAGNE.

A little hand-gun. St 33 Hen.

VIII. c. 6.

HAGNEBUT. A hand-gun of a larger de scription than the hagne. St 2 & 3 Edw. VI. c. 14; 4 & 5 P. & M. c. 2.

HAIA.

In old English law. A park in

closed. Cowell. HAIEBOTE.

In old English law. A per mission or liberty to take thorns, etc, to make or repair hedges. Blount In Scotch law. Whole; the whole. "All and haill" are common words in conveyances. 1 Bell, App. Cas. 499. HAILWORKFOLK, (i. e., holyworkfolk.) Those who formerly held lands by the serv ice of defending or repairing a church or monument. In old Scotch law. To seek restitution of one's awn goods and gear, and bring the same home again. Skene de Verb. Sign. The crime of assaulting a person in his own house. BelL A moiety; one of two equal parts of anything susceptible of division. Prentiss v. Brewer, 17 Wis. 644, 86 Am. Dec. 730; Hartford Iron Min. Co. v. Cambridge Min. Co., 80 Mich. 491, 45 N. W. 351; Cogan v. Cook, 22 Minn. 142; Dart v. Barbour, 32 Mich. 272. Used in law in various compound terms, in substantially the same sense, as follows: —Half blood. See BLOOD.— Half-brother, half-sister. Persons who have the same fa ther, but different mothers; or the same moth er, but different fathers. Wood v. Mitcham, 92 N. Y. 379; In re Weiss' Estate, 1 Montg. Co. Law Rep'r (Pa.) 210.— Half-cent. A cop per coin of the United States, of the value of five mills, and of the weight of ninety-four grains. The coinage of these was discontinued in 1857.— Half defense. See DEFENSE — Half-dime. A silver (now nickel) coin of the United States, of the value of five cents.— Half-dollar. A silver coin of the United States, of the value of fifty cents, or one-half the value of a dollar.— Half-eagle. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of five HAILL. HAIMHALDARE. HAIMSUCKEN. In Scotch law. HALF.